twistor
nounEtymology From twist + -or.
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Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Sciences Any of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory, which maps the geometric objects of conventional 3+1 space-time into geometric objects in a four-dimensional space, twistor space, with metric signature (2,2), a proposed path to a theory of quantum gravity.
- Holonym: amplituhedron
- Meronym: spinor
- Derived terms
- ambitwistor, hypertwistor, supertwistor, twistorial, twistorian